Comments about ‘Welfare efforts bring Jews, LDS together’

That's great! It's good to see good people from all faiths joining together to serve people worldwide. I would hope that the media will trumpet this as much as they did all the hoopla about people of other faiths being baptized posthumously.


Great story. Thanks Dnews.

Hi Utah, how's it goin'?

What a wonderful story to read thanks to the Deseret News and the internet, as we are able to read it here in Sweden while serving the Lord. It makes us very humble and thankful to have positive comments about the church and all the good they do for other people of different faiths, nationalities etc. We are so happy the Jewish faith had a positive experience in Salt Lake. There truly is good and positive things with every religion.

Of course we're working with them...it just makes sense if you're going to save all of humanity. However wonderful the rabbis comments were, what is he doing to help us conduct baptisms by proxy for generations of Jewish dead, which his church has hammered us repeatedly when all we want to is help them as well?

I love the Jewish people. They have so much to teach us. May we be like Ephraim and Manasseh -- May we be like Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel and Leah. What beautiful traditions. Thank you Jewish people for all the mitzahs,for being faithful and for preserving the Torah and the Prophets for our generations. Please forgive us for past ignorance, and thank you for supporting all that is virtuous,lovely,of good report and praiseworthy. Shalom aleichem.

This story gave me so much joy. I am so happy that
the Jewish believers saw the efforrt the LDS Chursh does without heralding their efforts

I wonder if they will build Welfare Square type places in the communities that these Rabbis are coming from. I think it would be awesome to see a Welfare Square that is funded and run by both religions together in New York, California and other places. We do share a common goal and lots of common history and beliefs. Working together to help in welfare is just a natural step. I thank those Rabbis for wanting to help. They are clearly inspired and caring people.

Brigham Young (JOD Vol 2,p 142 Dec 12,1854) Can you make a Christian of a Jew? I tell you may. If a Jew comes into this Church,and honestly professes to be a Saint, a follower of Christ and if the blood of Judah is in his veins, he will apostate.

It is always a nice breather, putting it lightly, to see some good news (and to hear someone pay a compliment to the Church). Yes, I also hope this news gets passed around; it's nice to see this good example of people working to make life better for others who are struggling. Why don't we have a story go along with this one on more of the details of what gets done at Welfare Square? A lot of people don't realize how much Humanitarian Aid the Church and other religions do, and while we want to be careful not to boast, having good examples in the news of how to help others at this difficult time can only help.

RE: Jewish Conversion.
I am confused. Please describe how he is an apostate if he excepts Christ?

i get uptight about the church ..i think of all those good people who work there and then the finger is pointing back at me. without this place so many would go with out...it is not a handout but a hand up..i have used it when i was homeless and now i give back to others who are in other venues. say what you will but nothing but good comes from this place so i thank you with all my heart!!

jewish conversion....I don't see any point to your post. Wasn't Orson Hyde Jewish? JOD is not scripture and we don't even know if the comments were recorded accurately, so why go there at all?

This article is all about doing good and there wasn't anything negative. Let's just follow that example, okay?

Why should he help with the baptisms for the dead, you seem to think that is owed to us. If there are persons that are not your direct line I agree with the churches stance that permission should be granted by the descending family. Since they are not LDS how do you expect another religion to agree with another's practices.

Thank you for running this story. I pray the effort will be successful. To the Jewish Conversion: My best friend is a Jewish Catholic from New York. His dad was a Jew and his mother a Catholic. He joined the LDS Chuch in Germany while serving in the army. He was declared to be of the Tribe of Judah. He was faithful to his death a few years ago.

I love it when religions work together for the common good. I wish it would take place more often. There is good that can happen when we all work to serve those in need.

re: Jewish Conversion
I looked up the reference you listed and read it.
I came away with a totally different understand than you did.
I read it to mean that when a Jewish person truly becomes converted that he is no longer Jewish (in the sence of religion). Remember that Jewish people do not except Christ as the Savior so when a Jewish person excepts Christ is no longer Jewish (as far as the religious aspect goes)
I think that it would be interesting to get some Jewish converts impression on this...

diggity .. for real .. both the Jews and the Mormons have a belief in the principle of mahogany so why shouldn't they work together ? Check it out ..

I love to read words of peace and wisdom. Rabbi Hirschfield is obviously a man of God with a great capacity for love and good works. I would love to meet with him and personally express my respect for him and his faith.

Read the entire page about Jewish conversion(Brigham Young JOD Vol 2, 142 Dec12,1854...."The Messiah came throuh them,and they killed him; and they will be the last of Abraham to have the privlege of receiving the New and everlasting covenant. You may hand them gold,you may feed and clothe them,but it is impossible to convert Jews,until the Lord God almighty does it.

@JSmith the jewish people do not want your salvation. They do not believe baptism is required of them and according to the old testament, the hebrews are god's chosen people. Most would find it offensive to their religion to find out their ancestors have been baptised by proxy, especially without their permission.

Brag- brag- brag, boast- boast- boast. What else can we do in the church? We are super herons and hero's!